Marion D. Prochnow, age 88, of Markesan, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at the Markesan Resident Home. She was born on March 2, 1929, at home in Wauwatosa, WI, a daughter of Edward Leonard and Elsie Jessie (Lange) Manthey. Marion was baptized at home by Pastor Erich M. Kelly on April 10, 1929. On April 18, 1943, at the age of 14, Marion was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Princeton by Rev. Harold Warnke. In 1947, she graduated from Princeton High School and went to work at Speed Queen as a secretary where she worked until 1954. Marion was united in marriage to Milton Ervin Prochnow on November 28, 1953, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Princeton by Rev. Walter Strohschein. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. Marion was a hospice volunteer and delivered tapes to shut-ins for St. John's Lutheran Church of Markesan. She loved to write people letters and would not leave a blank space. Marion also enjoyed gardening, babysitting her grandchildren, vacations with family and friends to New York, Boston, Tennessee, Florida, Las Vegas, out West, and shopping trips to Chicago.

Per her wishes, there will be a private family burial in the Markesan Memorial Cemetery at a later date. A memorial has been established to either St. John's Lutheran Church of Markesan, 93 W. Catherine St. Markesan, WI 53946 or Winnebago Lutheran Academy, 475 East Merrill Ave. Fond du Lac, WI 54935. Please visit our website www.wachholzandsons.com to send condolences to the family.

Special thanks to all the staff at the Markesan Resident Home for the care and support our mother and family received.